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What Abigail Did That Summer
What Abigail Did That Summer: A Rivers Of London Novella | Ben Aaronovitch
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The brand new novella in the much-loved and #1 bestselling Rivers of London series! Ghost hunter, fox whisperer, troublemaker. It is the summer of 2013 and Abigail Kamara has been left to her own devices. This might, by those who know her, be considered a mistake. While her cousin, police constable and apprentice wizard Peter Grant, is off in the sticks, chasing unicorns, Abigail is chasing her own mystery. Teenagers around Hampstead Heath have been going missing but before the police can get fully engaged, the teens return home - unharmed but vague about where they've been. Aided only by her new friend Simon, her knowledge that magic is real, and a posse of talking foxes that think they're spies, Abigail must venture into the wilds of Hampstead to discover who is luring the teenagers and more importantly - why?
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Robotswithpersonality
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Mehso-so

I don't think I'll ever get tired of Abigail + talking foxes adventures: Indigo scritches! 😍 The origin of fox cheese puff infatuation! The den meeting in particular gave me Tiffany Aching and the Nac Mac Feegle mounds.
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Robotswithpersonality 2/2 That being said, I think the 'house' portion of this book went on a little long; this novella skates near my personal 200 page threshold for actually calling things novellas, and I think it could have been 150 pages and still accomplished everything it set out to do.

⚠️Self harm
6mo
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Ddzmini
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Pickpick

These are short because oks and this one is super cute as Abigail is 13 and precious such a cute interesting story highly recommend

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙🤍💙 6mo
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annamatopoetry
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Pickpick

It's starting to stretch the limits of what I can believe Aaronowitch, a middle aged white man, can write, but for a novella I still think he sells Abigail's voice, although it's suspiciously like Peter's. I like Abigail, but I like the talking foxes with spy delusions more, and overall this is still a hit. Now I'm really really out of Rivers of London books until the next one comes out.

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Dragon
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Pickpick

This is such a fun audiobook- it‘s a novella featuring Abigail , Peter Grant‘s thirteen year old cousin. I love the talking foxes 🦊 and Abigail‘s new friend Simon. There‘s magic and mystery- it was worth the wait.

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Tineke
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Pickpick

I must admit I enjoyed this book more than the regular books in the series and it's because of Abigail. A feisty, fun girl with heart and brain in a good place. Glad to read this, because I may have gotten a bit tired of the running story in the main books.
TBR since July 2022; 196 pages.

KathyWheeler I love Abigail. 2y
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imyril

A reliably entertaining interstitial in my favourite urban fantasy series. Unlike Peter, I now know what Abigail did that summer (hilariously, it's not dissimilar to what he was doing, only aided by foxes rather than rivers). Abigail has always been one of my favourite supporting characters, and I'm now even more worried about what she'll do with her prodigious talents when she grows up...

shanaqui I really should get back to reading this series... I decided not to keep my copies of the latest books in hardback when I was cleaning out, and now I'm slightly regretting it -- I hadn't been *reading* them for ages, just ignoring them and going “meh“, so I figured I was done, but now my brain's like “...nope, I'm ready to see wtf is going on next“. Arrghhh!

(Though I have much more interest in almost every other character than Peter.)
3y
imyril @shanaqui …I think that‘s fair. Peter has never been the most interesting person in the cast, although I‘ve come to like him a lot more than I liked his younger self (who could be a bit of a prick). 3y
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rabbitprincess
Pickpick

This was a delightful novella. It is set between Foxglove Summer and The Hanging Tree. Abigail makes a great protagonist and I would gladly read more of her adventures.

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Centique
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Pickpick

Dear Mr Aaronovitch, I need MANY MORE books about Abigail, please and thank you. Appreciate you sorting this at your earliest convenience.

This is a spin off novella from the Rivers of London series, about Peter‘s young cousin Abigail, who is clever, feisty, always getting into trouble, and frequently accompanied by talking foxes. Urban fantasy police procedural addictiveness 🙌

rockpools Good morning Paula 😊 3y
julesG Have been thinking about getting this for my daughter. She doesn't need to have read Rivers of London etc beforehand, right? 3y
Centique @rockpools hi Rachel 👋👋 it‘s nighttime for me! 3y
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Centique @julesG this one does kind of assume you know a little bit about the Rivers of London world. I think you could read it as a stand alone, you‘d understand the mystery, but there are some details left out that might be confusing? 3y
julesG Well, since the next book in The Chronicles of St Mary's series in German won't be out until February next, we have time to squeeze in a few Peter Grant novels. Fortunately, we have the first one in German on the shelf. (and all books in English on my Kindle) 3y
Centique @julesG excellent plan! 😍 3y
Dragon Love the Rivers of London Series so I‘m going to have to read this one 👍 3y
Centique @Dragon oh my goodness it‘s @Dragon 🙌🙌 So lovely to see you again! I have missed your romance reccs! 3y
Dragon Thanks @Centique I‘m still reading romantsy books. 💚🐉 3y
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rwmg
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Mehso-so

Abigail Kamara investigates the disappearance of teenagers on Hampstead Heath who reappear with no memory of where they've been.

This novella adds some interesting background to the Rivers of London world and its inhabitants but the actual story isn't that engrossing. Slightly irritating that the maps show “Vale of Heath“ and the text says “Vale of Health“.

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rwmg
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Lindy
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On to a new audiobook and more #audiocrafting.

Lindy @PhyllisH Here‘s the latest tesuji shibori being opened 3y
PhyllisH That is so cool! I love the blue and white together. I love it! 💙👍🏻👏🏻 3y
Lindy @PhyllisH Thanks! 3y
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KathyWheeler
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Abigail is on her own while Peter is out of London looking for missing girls (this book takes place at the same time as Foxglove Summer), and she ends up also looking for missing children. I‘m enjoying this book so far. (It‘s our road trip book.) Continuing with The Weekenders while I walk. #audiowalk

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Ericalambbrown
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Pickpick

Really fun spin-off novella for Rivers of London fans. Abigail was a great character when she turned up originally in Moon Over Soho and I‘m so glad she‘s stuck around and been given her own book. I really hope Mr Aaronovitch decides to follow up on Abigail‘s newly minted alliance with “Simon‘s mum.” I‘m sure there are some great stories there.

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Verity
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Pickpick

Finally we get to find out what is going on with Abigail and the foxes. Or at least how it started. And it‘s lots of fun. There‘s a complicated magical plot, to be solved by someone who doesn‘t have a lot of magical knowledge or skills and a new and distinctive voice. And the footnotes from Postmartin to Reynolds are a lovely touch.

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BookmarkTavern
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Denied for The Library of the Dead (which is fine, I‘m fine 😂), but approved for this one, so I don‘t mind so much. ❤️

#NetGalley

Read-y_Picker Lucky!
I've been bingeing his River's of London series lately. I can only imagine what trouble Abigail is getting into now lol.
4y
rabbitprincess Ooh exciting! 4y
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